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... system programmers . They learned fast and began to get cocky ; soon they were adding touches of their own to make ... operating system , bringing the whole computer system to a halt . Gates learned how to invade that system and later ...
... system programmers . They learned fast and began to get cocky ; soon they were adding touches of their own to make ... operating system , bringing the whole computer system to a halt . Gates learned how to invade that system and later ...
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... operating system . In practice , it is usually via the operating system that users work with a com- puter . Large mainframe computers had operating systems , and it was clear to many people that a microcomputer needed one too . Every ...
... operating system . In practice , it is usually via the operating system that users work with a com- puter . Large mainframe computers had operating systems , and it was clear to many people that a microcomputer needed one too . Every ...
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... operating system . MS- DOS quickly became the standard operating system for 16 - bit machines . Even DEC acknowledged it . DEC finally entered the fray a year later with a dual - processor computer called the Rainbow that could run both ...
... operating system . MS- DOS quickly became the standard operating system for 16 - bit machines . Even DEC acknowledged it . DEC finally entered the fray a year later with a dual - processor computer called the Rainbow that could run both ...
Contents
The Voyage to Altair | 25 |
The Miracle Makers | 55 |
Homebrew | 97 |
Copyright | |
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Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine No preview available - 2000 |
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Altair Apple Computer Apple II Apple's BASIC began Bill Gates Bill Millard Bob Marsh building Byte calculator California called chip circuit board Computer Club computer companies ComputerLand Corporation CP/M Cromemco customers David Ahl dealers device Digital Research disk drive Dompier early Ed Roberts employees engineers Espinosa Eubanks Faber Fylstra garage Gary Kildall Gates and Allen Godbout hardware Heiser hobbyists Hoff Homebrew IMSAI industry Intel knew language later Lee Felsenstein Lohse machine magazine mainframe Markkula memory boards Micro microcomputer microprocessor Microsoft Mike Markkula minicomputer MITS MITS's operating system Osborne Paul Allen personal computer Pertec Photo courtesy Popular Electronics problem Proc Tech Processor Technology puter Radio Shack retail Roberts Rubinstein sell semiconductor Shrayer Silicon Valley sold Solomon soon Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak Tandy Terrell things thought told took users VisiCalc wanted Wigginton Woz's Xerox
References to this book
Western Sunrise: The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major High Tech Corridor No preview available - 1987 |